Biography Category
island group (2002 pop. 214,445), South Pacific, a part of French Polynesia. The group comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands (total l...
(är´´y bh t´ ) (KEY) , c.476–550, Hindu mathematician and astronomer. He is one of the first known to have used algebra; his writings include ru...
(äNtwän´ s môN´) (KEY) , 1736–94, French revolutionary, often called “the shoemaker,” a member of the Commune of Paris. He and his wife gua...
(h s ´ äs nsy n´ s l´vä) (KEY) , 1865–96, Colombian poet, one of the precursors of modernismo. Silva’s life was shadowed by the loss of a cru...
(zhôrzh lw l kl rk´ kôNt d büfôN´) (KEY) , 1707–88, French naturalist and author. From 1739 he was keeper of the Jardin du Roi (later the Ja...
1889–1946, English painter and wood engraver. He studied at the Slade School of Art, London. Nash worked at the front as official artist in both Wor...